Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) Multiple flash flood incidents were reported on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, triggering landslides, damaging scores of houses, washing away vehicles and hampering the Mandi-Kullu road stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway.
Jammu, Aug 17 (IANS) At least four people were killed and many others injured after a cloudburst hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district during the night intervening Saturday and Sunday, said officials here, adding that a rescue operation is now underway in the affected area.
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Torrential monsoon rains and flash floods continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan with as many as 307 people losing their lives and 23 getting injured across the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) over the past 48 hours, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Saturday.
Jammu, Aug 16 (IANS) Relief and rescue operations continued for the third day on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kishtwar district as so far 60 dead bodies were recovered and over 100 injured people were evacuated to hospitals for treatment. Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah reached Kishtwar on Friday evening and would be reaching the disaster site at Chashoti village today.
Islamabad, Aug 15 (IANS) At least 33 people have been killed and 25 others are missing after heavy rains and a cloudburst caused floods and landslides in several districts of northwestern Pakistan, officials said on Friday, local media reported.
Jammu, Aug 15 (IANS) Fifty-six bodies have been recovered so far and over 300 were rescued as Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to J&K Lt Governor and Chief Minister, assuring all possible help to sufferers of the Kishtwar cloudburst tragedy.
Jammu, Aug 15 (IANS) As many as 45 people were killed and 120 were injured in the massive cloudburst that hit Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kishtwar district, as the authorities continued the relief and rescue operations on Friday.
Jammu, Aug 15 (IANS) As Army joined the rescue operations which are underway as at least 46 people, including two CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) personnel, were killed, and 167 others were rescued from mounds of rubble after a massive cloudburst led to flash floods in Chashoti in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district.
Jammu, Aug 14 (IANS) The Omar Abdullah-led government has launched a massive relief and rescue operation in J&K’s Chositi village in Padder sub-division of Kishtwar district, which was hit by a cloudburst that has left 38 dead and over 100 injured on Thursday.
Jammu, Aug 14 (IANS) J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah decided to cancel the ‘At Home’ in connection with Independence Day due to the Kishtwar tragedy that has left 23 dead and over 100 injured after a massive cloudburst hit Chositi village in Padder sub-division of Kishtwar district on Thursday.
